The Skin-Ego

Anzieu, Didier

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“…Even though a biological basis for situations such as impulses, feeding, sleeping, defecation, pleasure, and sense of self exists, this ground gains meaning and improves relationally under social impacts (Mitchell, 1988). When looked at psychoanalytically, the "skin-ego" as the pioneer of the self (Anzieu, 2008) relies on a feeling of periphery that develops from the mother's touch which distinguishes the infant's body from other bodies. After the creation of the first bodily precursor of self in this way, patterns related to satisfying the physical, biological, and emotional need to relate are neurobiologically processed in the conscious and unconscious layers of the mind (Beebe & Lachmann, 2013).…”

Section: Concept Of Self or Egomentioning

confidence: 99%

Legacy of an Anatolian Sufi from a Psychological Perspective: Case of Yunus Emre

Dinçer¹

2016

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The Sufi perspective exhibited by Yunus Emre has provided an ontological comprehension that explains the meaning of existence and life. The origin of "self" or "ego" is based on the Soul that is Truth (Hakk) within this ontological understanding grounded in Oneness. It gives endless meaning to people as it refers to the value of humans not in terms of their individual attributes but their divine side. The only possible way to transition from the illusory formed self to the real self, the Soul, is through the love of Truth and with a mentor or guide that has experienced this love of Truth. The relationship that is established with the mentor or guide heals relational problems and has a nature that also frees humans from their biological, relational, societal, and psychological boundaries. One' s moral sentiment based on their perception of life is oriented to purify the negative attributes that sustain the illusory self to gain virtues that will allow one to experience the real self. Yunus has indicated an understanding of existence, meaning of life, and a remedial, liberating model of relating as well as an ethical approach towards humanity in this era of narcissism.

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Section: Concept Of Self or Egomentioning

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Legacy of an Anatolian Sufi from a Psychological Perspective: Case of Yunus Emre

Dinçer¹

2016

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“…The Skin‐Ego is a psychical surface which connects up sensations of various sorts, and makes them stand out as figures against the original background formed by the tactile envelope: this is the Skin‐Ego's function of intersensoriality , which leads to the creation of a ‘common sense’ […] whose basic reference is always to the sense of touch. (Anzieu :103–4)…”

Section: Male Initiationsmentioning

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“…Anzieu (:96), in his discussion of the nine functions of the Skin‐Ego, argues that ‘every psychical function develops by supporting itself upon a bodily function whose workings it transposes onto the mental plane’. The ego is grounded in the body and ‘initially formed on the basis of the experience of touch’ (Anzieu :97). The Skin‐Ego is initially formed within the interaction between mother and infant.…”

Section: Male Initiationsmentioning

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Making Skins: Initiation, Sorcery, and Eastern Min Notions of Knowledge

Eggertsson

2018

Oceania

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In this paper I consider the Kwermin notion of knowledge as 'making skin' of physical experience. The skin is acted upon in women's scarification and male initiations with the aim of instilling dispositions in the novices that are conducive to their becoming competent adult beings in their particular sociocultural environment. The scarification of women's abdominal skin is thought to enhance the fertility of their wombs, whereas the acts upon male novices' skins in the initiation rituals are focused upon making them fierce warriors, vigorous husbands, and respectful communicators with ancestral spirits. It is argued that through the male initiations the Min reenact their joint origins from the ground at Yam ('mother') on Oksapmin land. Contrary to this initiatory emphasis on proper skinknowledge as fitness of being, sorcerers, and witches are greatly feared as they wrongfully penetrate the skin, either infusing the victim with suicidal desire or extracting its life-substance until the victim withers and dies.

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“…The skin is an interface between inside and outside and is the foundation of the container/contained relationship. Drawing on Winnicott's theory of emotional development, Anzieu (1989) suggests that, in the early phases of life, the function of the skin-ego is taken on by maternal holding and handling. Leo's preoccupation with both cracked and broken skin, and his quest for new and unbroken skin, appeared to confirm what was hypothesized at the diagnostic stage: a vulnerability at the level of his very early emotional development, where maternal holding and handling had not been "good enough," which interfered with the process of establishing a coherent and integrated body-mind unity.…”

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Milk and Tears: A Very Difficult Beginning: The Assessment and Treatment of a Young Boy with Atypical Presentation

Melandri¹

2017

Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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This article describes the assessment and treatment of Leo, a young boy who was seen in twice weekly psychotherapy for three years. The first part of the article presents the material obtained during the assessment process organized by following the framework of the 2001 version of the Provisional Diagnostic Profile (Davids et al., 2001). The second part addresses the main themes arising from the boy's treatment and reflects back on the initial diagnostic impressions following the assessment phase. We seek to illustrate the value of a thorough and detailed diagnostic framework in contrast to the limitations presented by the sole use of descriptive diagnostic criteria based on symptomatology.

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The Skin-Ego

Cited by 61 publications

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Legacy of an Anatolian Sufi from a Psychological Perspective: Case of Yunus Emre

Legacy of an Anatolian Sufi from a Psychological Perspective: Case of Yunus Emre

Making Skins: Initiation, Sorcery, and Eastern Min Notions of Knowledge

Milk and Tears: A Very Difficult Beginning: The Assessment and Treatment of a Young Boy with Atypical Presentation

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